Here is is quick checklist for conducting a Cross Browser Testing. A Tester need to take care of following areas (in each browser) while doing Cross Browser Testing:

• Page Layout
• Text Alignments
• Font Sizes
• Page Navigation
• Mouse Hover / Tool Tops
• CSS, HTML or XHTML validation (various tools available like w3s validator, etc)
• Java Script
• Client side Validations of fields – with and without javascript enabled
• CSS validation
• Header & Footer Layout
• Usability Controls (Select options using tab & shift+tab )
• SSL certificates
• Image alignments
• Upload File
• Export File
• Submit Functionality
• Navigation Links & Page Links
• Check Box functionality
• Animations
• Form saving functionality
• Font Styles
• Performance of application
• Tool Tips
• Grids / Tables in the page – If there are fields like dropdown then check their look and field.
• Scroll Bar appearance
• Space between fields:
  • Space between two sub-sections/fields
  • Space between labels & checkboxes/radio buttons
  • Space between two radio buttons/checkboxes
• Modal/Popups
• Flash work
• Page Zoom / Increase Text size

– Happy Testing

Guest Article by Gaurav Dhiman